No Exemption for Classic Cars entering London

Classic Car owners will have to pay a whopping £21.50 a day to drive into the centre of London from next year.

Sadiq Khan, the Mayor of London has announced the introduction of an additional £10 ‘T-charge’. The measure is being set up to reduce emissions, bringing the figure up to £21.50 which includes the original £11.50 congestion charge. From 2017, it will tax vehicles registered before 2005 and the levy will apply to all vehicles with pre-Euro IV emission standards and will operate in the same area as the congestion charge zone between 7.00am and 6.00pm Monday -Friday.

Speaking from FBHVC communications the Director Geoff Lancaster says ‘Policy Makers have not taken classic cars into account, it is nonsense!

A spokesperson for the Mayor of London Sadiq Khan said that there were no current proposals to exempt classic cars from the new ‘T-charge’ but were prepared to listen to feedback from the classic car industry.

Historic vehicles are already exempt from a separate low emissions area the ULEZ ( Ultra Low Emissions Zone) which is due to be extended form central London to cover the North and South Circular roads from 7th September 2020.

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan says with nearly 10,000 people dying early every year in London due to exposure to air pollution cleaning up London’s toxic air was now an issue of life and death.